Google News overhaul lets you get personal with the days top stories

Date:
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:00:40 +0000

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Google News also remakes its Fact Check section to include more details.

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As part of its twentieth anniversary, the Google News redesign has officially launched adding a bigger emphasis on accessibility and customization.

Google states the redesign was inspired by feedback [they] received from readers as the desktop site aims to make catching up on the news easier.
Major stories will have a bigger thumbnail and adjacent articles next to them for different types of coverage. The new Google News (Image credit: Google) Rearranged sections

Immediately upon opening Google News on the desktop, youll be greeted with
the top stories of the day with a Local News section (no longer tucked behind menus) and personalized picks to the right. You can add multiple locations to Local News if coverage for one city isnt enough for you. And the menu bar
that was on the left-hand side now makes its home at the top of the page.

Scrolling down past the initial sections, youll come across Your Topics which are six different categories that you can select out of a selection of eight. These include Technology, Entertainment, Business, and Sports.

After that, you have what is arguably the biggest change: the new Fact Check section. Previously, stories under Fact Check were relegated to a simple headline from a fact-checking organization like PolitiFact. Now headlines
will have an accompanying claim that has been fact-checked. For example,
there could be a claim that President Joe Biden vetoed a certain bill. Next
to that, you may see a fact check by PolitiFact that states the claim is
True, False, or even Altered.

Below that is the Beyond the Front Page section for more off-kilter stories and even in-depth posts from tech companies.

The redesign is currently live and will be available in over 125 countries
and 40 languages including a return to Spain which didnt have Google News for about eight years. Google claims it was because of a copyright law that prevented them from operating there, but the law has since been amended.

You can go to Google News right now and click Try it out at the top to switch to the new design. To revert back to the old style, open the Settings menu
and uncheck the box next to Start using the new Google News. Analysis:
Looking cluttered

Its difficult to say whether or not people will like the redesign. The new Google News has been in the works since May when some people randomly
stumbled upon it. Initially, not everyone embraced the redesign. Some found
it to be overly designed with the headlines being too big.

Google News does look more like a newspaper now with headlines and images thrown together in a small space. Despite a cluttered look, some may appreciate the emphasis on local news and revamped fact-checking. Misinformation is still a hot topic, after all.

Speaking of fake news, Google recently banned deepfake projects from its Colaboratory service. Despite our investigation, no one knows exactly why Google made the move.



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